Resonnemenet ser jo sound ut når man ser på chartet. Men så kommer plutselig meldingen om reimbursement ramlende som er ventet i Q4, og da er det 37-40 før du vet ordet av det.
17.07.2017 08:03
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Oslo, Norway, July 17, 2017: Photocure ASA (OSE: PHO),
announced today that the United States Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the Proposed Rule
outlining its 2018 plan to reimburse hospital outpatient
departments using Blue Light Cystoscopy (BLCTM) with
Cysview®. To ensure appropriate reimbursement for BLCTM with
Cysview, CMS has proposed to create a new set of codes
specific to Blue Light Cystoscopy allowing for improved
reimbursement for those procedures.
The CMS draft rule for Medicare patients can be accessed at:
“We are grateful that CMS has heard the concerns from
stakeholders that the current Medicare reimbursement for
Blue Light Cystoscopy procedures involving Cysview® is
creating a barrier to patient access to reasonable and
necessary care,” stated Kjetil Hestdal, President and CEO of
Photocure ASA. “We are pleased that CMS has proposed to
improve the reimbursement to hospitals for Blue Light
Cystoscopy, and we will submit comments in support of the
proposal in the coming weeks,” he noted.
The effectiveness and benefits of Blue Light Cystoscopy
(BLCTM) with Cysview® for improved detection and management
of bladder cancer have been recognized by leading urology
associations including the AUA (American Urological
Association), and SUO (Society of Urological Oncology) and
patient groups have recognized the potential of using
Cysview® as well. In 2016, BLCTM with Cysview® was adopted
into the AUA/SUO Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC)
guidelines.
The comment period for the Proposed Rule closes in early
September, and CMS is expected to issue a Final Rule in the
fourth quarter of 2017 effective on January 1, 2018.